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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

HARVEY U. RlLEY, OF PERRYVILLE, MISSOURI, ASSGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ROBERT M. YILSON, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,173, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed October 29, 1888. Serial No. 289,377. (No model.)

To all when?, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY C. RILEY, of Perryville, in thc county of Perry and State of Missouri, have invented a new and iinproved Gate, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to swinging gates an d mechanism for operating the saine without alighting from a vehicle, and has for its object io to provide a gate andmechanism ot' this character so constructed and arranged that the gate may be easily and effectively opened by a person in a vehicle approaching the gate in either direction and closed after the vehicle has passed through the gate-opening without alighting from the vehicle.

The invention consists in a swinging gate and in mechanism for operating the same, constructed aiularranged as hereinafter dezo scribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciii cation, in which similar figures of reference indicate correspomling parts in both figures.

2 5 Figure 1 is a perspective view ot' a swing'- ing gate and its operating mechanism oonstructe'd in accordance with this invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

1 indicates a gate constructed in the usual 3o form, with uprights 2 3 and horizontal bars 4, and hinged at one end to a gate-post, 5. The gate 1 is provided with a latch, (i, pivoted to one ot the horizontal bars -l` and vertically movable in a keeper or guide-bracket, 7

3 5 lVhen the gate is in closed position, the latch 6 automatically moves into engagement with a catch, 9, on the post 8.

In order to operate the gate, a horizontal bar, 10, essentially Z-shaped, is secured to the top 4o of upright 2, to extend erosswise to the gate, the arms 11 12 thereof projecting from its ends in opposite directions and at right angles thereto. To the end of arm 12 is secured a cord, 13, which extends to and passes over a pulley, 14, on a bracket-arm, 15, on a post, 1G, located at the side of a road approaching the gate. The cord 13 hangs down from the pul` ley 14 a suiiieient distance to allow it to run out when drawn forward by the swinging of arm 5o 12 and the opening ot' the gate.

By means of cord 13 and bar 10, vwith arm 12, thc gate may be closed, as hereinafter set forth. A cord, 1.7, is secured at one end to latch (5, passes upwardthrough a guide, 1S, on the gate, and is secured to a cord, 19, suspended below bracket-arm 1'5 on post 1G and extending over a pulley, 20, on arm 15, to a pulley, 21, on the outer portion of arm 11, 'from thence to and over a pulley, 22, on the outer portion ot' arm 12, and from the pulley 22 to 6o and over a pulley, 23, on a bracket-arm, 24, at the top of a post, 25, at the side of the road and located on the opposite side of the gateopening from post 1G.

A cord, 2G, is secured to the end of arm 11 65 and extends through a guide, 27, on a post, 28, at the side ot the road to and over a pulley, 29, on bracket-arm 24, and suspended therefrom. The post 2S is located at such a distance from'post 5 that when the end of 7o gate 1 is swung to the post 28 the latch 6 may be engaged with a catch, 30, on post 28, thereby 'fastening t-he gate in opened position. The distance ot' post 1U from post 5 and post 25 from post 5 is such that a person in a vehicle 75 may reach the suspended ends ot' cords 13 and 19 at vthe post 1G, or the suspended ends of cords 26 and 10 at the post 25, and operate the gate, with room enough between the gateopening and the team to permit the gate to 8o swing. The suspended ends of the cords 13, 19, and 26 are otf sullicient length to run out over pulleys 14.- 20 and 2211 29 when the gate is swung' open, and are provided with pins A31, or other suitable stops, to prevent their being accidentally drawn oli' the pulleys. It will be seen that the cord 17 being fastened at one end to cord 19 between pulleys 21 and 22, by d rawing on either end of cord 19 the latch 6 maybe lifted and gate 1 unl'astened. To open 9o the gate when a person has arrived opposite post 25, the end ot' cord 1f) at post 25 is pulled until latch G is raiseil to clear catch 9, when a continued pull on the cord 19 acts on arm 12 to draw it back and swing gate 1 open to post 95 2S. Upon passing through the gate-opening and arriving opposite post 1b the gate may be closed by pulling ou the end of cord 13, thereby drawing the arm 12 back to its original position, the latch G riding into engagement with roo catch 9.

To open the gate when a person has arrived -arn1 olf double nlded lever, over a guide in a vehicle opposite post lt?, the gate is First unfastened by pulling on eord lt) at post lt, and then, by continuingl the pull, drawing on arin lil, and thereby swinging gate l open to post 2S. l'rpon, passing through the gate-openingI and arriving opposite post the gate is closed by pulling on the susptanled end ol.' eord 2U, the lateh t automatically engaging' (fateli 5l, as bel'tne. ,Hy nleans of the afrli'angenientot' eords and pulleys in eonjunet ionwith the latch and the bar 'lll with arnls l l and Yl 2, as hereinbel'ore set forth, an etTieient means is provided for opening and Closing a swingingl gate without alighti ng from a vehiele. The horizontal arnl A1 0 with the arins ll and 'l2 arranged at right angles thereto in opposite dreetions and mounted on the hinged portion of the gate, presents, with the arrangementot? eords and pulleys above desrribetl, the lnost serviceable torln of leverage lor opening and elosing the gate.

llavingl thusl deseribed my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to seeure by Letters Patent, w

l. 'llle eonlbination, with a swinging gat e having a horizontal donl'lle-endmfl lever-bar with angular arms at its ends, mounted on the hinged. end ot the gate, of posts located at the side ol' a road on opposite sides ot' the gate, a gate-operating eord leading iroin one ol' the posts to one end ot' the (ltmble-emled lever, a gzlte-operating eord lemlingfroln the `other post to the other end otI the dtnlble-eiuled lever, a eord t'or operating the gate-latch, leading from one olf the posts to one angular thereon, to and over a guide on the other4 angular arnl ol d()utile-ended lever, and ii'ronl t tllenee to the other post, and a latch-operating brain-l1 eord leading t'roln the latell to the inain opemting latell -eord and eonneeted therewith between the verd-guides on the angula zl'rlns olf doublteended lever-bar, substs'lntially as shown and deseribed.

:2. The eolnlination, with swinging gate l, having the horizontal Z-sllaped bar lt), with arms ill and l2, seeured to the top ot hinged upright L, and the pivoted latell ti, ot the post i lll, with arln l5, and post 25, with arin 2t, lo-

:seems cated at the side ol? a road on opposite sides ot' and at a suitable distance 'from the gate l., a gate-operating cord, 2G, with an. end sus ponded beneath arm 2t ot.' post 25, passing over a pulley, 2f), thereon and extending, and seein-ed to arnl ll of Z-shaped bar lt), a gateoperating eord, lil, with an end suspei'lded beneath arm ot' post lil, passingover pulley lJf thereon and extending and secured to arnl ,l2 ol' Z-shaped bar lt`l,a niain lateh-operatng oord, .l, suspemledbeneath arm 2l; ot' post 25, passiilg over a pulley, Q23, thereon, extending to and passingovera pulley, 22,011 arin l2 ol' Z-shaped bar l0, from thence to and over a pulley, 2l, on arm ll of bar lt), to and over :L pulley, 2t), on arin l5 of post. ilti, t'roln which it is suspended, and aln'aneh op( rating-efwd,l?, extending li'roln lateh tl to Ainain lateh-eord lil and seeured thereto between pulleys 2l and 2;?, substantially as shown and deseribed.

Il. The Combination, with gate l, hinged to fence-post 5, and having a pivoted lateh, tl, and a Z-shaped dtinible-emle fl lever bar, llt), with angular arms ll and l2 at its ends, oi a post, Q8, loc-at ed at the sid e ol' a road av distan ee from fence-post 5 equal to the length olithe gate, and having a lateli-eattfh, 230, a post, Q5, with an arln, 24, and a post, lt,with an arm, l5, located at the side ol? a road on oppositie sides of the gate and at a suitalflle distaneo `from post 5, a gate-o1wrating eord, 24', Connected to arni ll ot' bar ,ld and extending,I to and over a pulley, 2t), on arin illand susljlended theret'roni, a gate-operating' eord, '.lfl, (.fonneeted to arni l2 ot bar llt) and extending to and over a pulley, ll, on arm l5, and suspended theref Atroni, a main operating latti-h-em'd, lt), suspended t'roin and extending over a pulley, 2li, on arm 2l,to and overa pulley, 22,(11 arnl l2, to and overa pulley, 2l, on arin l l, and t'roin thenee to and over a pulley, 2t), on arm l5, and suspended therefrom, and a braneh lateh-eol d, 17, extending to lnain lat ehsoperating eord ,lil and seeured thereto between pulleys 2l and 22, substantially as shown and described.

HARVEY (t. l-tllQEY.

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,Io'n'N l. Davis, W. J. Dones. 

